Tintern Abbey near the Chepstow Road, by Samuel Palmer

An image of Tintern Abbey near the Chepstow Road, looking towards Monmouth. Palmer, Samuel (British, 1805-1881). Graphite and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, height 301 mm, width 458 mm, 1835.

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Tintern Abbey near the Chepstow Road, looking towards Monmouth. Palmer, Samuel (British, 1805-1881). Graphite and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, height 301 mm, width 458 mm, 1835.

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Accession Number: PD.4-2005
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 660 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 91.93kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2014:03:13 14:48:14

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19th Century abbey architecture British School cathedral drawing ecclesiastical exterior Fitz_PDP hills hillside landscape monastery monastic monks Monmouthshire remains remote ruins Samuel Palmer Tintern Tintern Abbey view Wales watercolour Welsh

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